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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
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Having missed the opportunity to direct Frankenstein for Universal, Robert Florey was offered Murders in the Rue Morgue as a consolation, whereupon he transformed a pedestrian property into a minor classic. Owing more to Cabinet of Dr. Caligari than to Edgar Allen Poe, the film stars Bela Lugosi as Doctor Mirakle (accent on the second syllable), a carnival sideshow entertainer who doubles as a mad scientist. Kidnapping prostitutes off the Paris streets, Mirakle endeavors to mix their blood with

Unrated, 1 hr. 1 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Robert Florey

Written By: Robert Florey, John Huston, Tom Reed, Dale Van Every

On DVD: Sep 10, 1992

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Cast

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Mirakle
Leon Waycoff [Ames]
Pierre Dupin
Sydney Fox
Mlle. Camille L'Esponag...
Bert Roach
Paul
Brandon Hurst
Prefect of Police
Noble Johnson
Janos the Black One
D'Arcy Corrigan
Morgue Keeper
Betty Ross Clarke
Mme. L'Esponage The Mot...
Herman Bing
Arlene Francis
Monette the Lady of the...
Charles Gemora
Erik the Ape
Sidney Fox

Critic Reviews for Murders in the Rue Morgue

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It crams into its first ten minutes as much bestial subtext as King Kong

March 13, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A flawed, but absolutely fascinating film.

August 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Robert Florey's atmospheric horror tale, starring Bela Lugosi.

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Steve Crum

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It has style.

October 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

hardly in a class with 'Dracula' or 'Frankenstein'

July 29, 2002 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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The title makes this movie sound like something exciting, but it's not. Lugosi plays a mad scientist who has a circus act where he exhibits an ape who can "talk". The ape cannot talk, he just pretends that he knows what it's saying. I'm sure the audience was asking for their money back after that. He has some crazy

November 4, 2010

AJ Verser

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Bela Lugosi stars as "Dr. Mirakle," a carny scientist with a trained ape and a penchant for conducting medical experiments on prostitutes, in this loose but effective adaptation of Poe's short story. It's fascinating to consider that the villain here is a foreigner with a unibrow who preaches evolution, and the "good

August 9, 2010